Shirt.



UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

CHARLOTTE UEBEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 731,418, dated June16, 1 903 Application filed April 23, 1903. $erial No. 153,910. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE UEBEL, a citizen of'the United States,residing at Ohicago, Illinois, have'invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Shirts, of which the following is a specificatiom Myinvention relates to that class of shirts which are constructed withdouble bosoms and so designed that one bosom will overlap the other,completelycoveringit and presenting the outward appearance of anordinary shirt. By means of this construction when a White orlight-colored shirt is worn and the bosom becomes soiled, while thegarment is otherwise practically clean, the under bosom may be adjustedto overlap the other, and thereby present a bosom that is immaculate.The special object of the present invention is to provideashirt of thekind stated of such construction that the neckband will not be of doublethickness at the sides of the neckband, the presence of which wouldsubject the wearer to considerable discomfort, and also to provide onein which the bosoms will be efliciently held smooth and fastened atpoints intermediate of their upper and lower ends without requiring theprovision of a multiplicity of fastening devices and without requiringthat the fastening devices be located in the bosom proper, which latterlocation is disadvantageous, especially when the shirt has a bosomintended to be starched.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiarities of constructionhereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed outin the subjoinedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a shirtembracing my improvements with both bosoms folded back. Fig. 2 is asimilar View with the bosoms in place as worn, in this instance theright-hand one overlapping the left.

A designates the body of the shirt, having an opening in its front sideto be covered by the bosoms hereinafter described and also preferablyprovided contiguous to the lower end of said opening with a tab (1having a button c or other securing means for the .lower edges of thebosoms at the centers thereof.

B and B designate the bosoms, one of which is sewed or otherwisesuitably fixed permanently along its right-hand longitudinal edge to thebody A, while the other is similarly permanently fixed along itslefthand edge to said body. The other portions of the bosom are free andprovided with means by which they are adjustably secured.

a designates the neckband, a part of which is secured to the body of theshirt, and from which body portion it is prolonged at opposite sides tothe free edges of the bosoms, as shown at a. In the construction shownthe neckband is divided in the back; but this is not essential, and insome instances it is desirable not to have the shirt open at the back.

A portion of the lower edges of the bosoms may, as shown, be permanentlyfixed to the shirt-body at opposite sides of the tab a Provision is madefor securing the free corners of the bosoms detachably to the shirtbody,and particular attention is called to the fact that the upper securingmeans, which holds both the upper edge of the bosom and the end of theneckband carried by said bosom, does not extend through the neckband,but is located beneath said band at the upper corners of the bosoms, asat b, and hence does not impose upon the wearer the discomfort which isexperienced when the bosom portions of the neckbands are secured to thebody portions thereof at the sides of the neck. Moreover, to furtherconduce to the comfort of the wearer at the neck portion of the shirtthe bosom portions of the neckband overlap each other at the front only,each prolongation a being tapered, as shown, so that the sides are ofsingle thickness. The neckbands are joined by a collar-button b at thecenter. Thus is provided a neat-fitting and convenient arrangement bywhich is obviated the,

discomfort attendant upon the doubling of the neckband at the sides ofthe neck and the securing of the ends thereof at said place by a buttonor otherwise, which will make it uncomfortable to wear a collar oversaid fastenings.

In order that the bosoms may fit smoothly, securing means should beprovided for their free'longitudinal edges in other places than at thecorners, and in order that this may be accomplished with a minimumnumber of fas toning devices and without requiring "the fasteningdevices to be in the bosoms proper the free longitudinal edge of eachbosom is provided with an extension-strip c and 0, respectively, whichoverlap the body of the shirt and are secured at b and 12 respectively,removably to said body adjacent to the armholes. Each extension-strip cand c is preferably tapered, as shown, from the corners thereof to thebottom corners of the bosoms, and its lower side preferably is longerthan its upper side. The fastenings b b are doublethat is, one upon theoutside and one upon the inside of the body portionso that each bosommay be securely held whether being used as the outside or inside bosom.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a shirt whichwhen in use does not differ greatly in appearance from that of aone-bosom shirt, although it practically affords the wear of twoone-bosom shirts. It is obvious that shirts of this design may bemade-with a collar attached, which may be preferable in the case ofwoolen or heavy shirts or with detachable collars, which is moredesirable in the case of starched shirts.

Having thus described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described shirt having a body formed with an opening at itsfront, two bosoms one of which is fixedly secured to said body at oneside of said opening and the other 1 fixedly secured to said body at theother side of said opening, said bosoms being arranged to overlap eachother in front of said opening and with either bosom outermost, saidbosoms having free longitudinal edges each of which is provided with anextension of which one overlaps the body of the shirt at one side of theopening and the other overlaps the body of the shirt at the other sideof said opening, devices for securing said extensions to the body of theshirt said body having a tab at the lower end of said opening, securingmeans engaging said tab and the overlapped bosoms, a neckband a portionof which is formed on the body of the shirt and the remaining portionsof which constituting ends thereof are prolonged along the upper edgesof the respective bosoms, fastening means for the overlapped portions ofsaid ends at the front of the shirt, and fastening means for theoutermost'onds of the neckband and the upper edges of the bosom, thelatter fastening means engaging the body of the shirt below the portionof the neckband on said body, all substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth.

CHARLOTTE UEBEL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES I. COBB, JOHN H. MERTON.

